Tag: Supreme Court

Former Supreme Court judge Pinaki Chandra Ghose is likely to be the first Lokpal of the country. Justice Ghose’s name was among the top 10 names that was shortlisted by the Lokpal Search Committee. Justice PC Ghose’s name was cleared…

Petitions seeking a clarification on its July 2018 judgment spelling out the powers of the Delhi government and the Lieutenant Governor. Supreme Court is today expected to pronounce its verdict. Verdict had overturned an August 2016 high court judgment contending…

Supreme Court directs Rajeev Kumar to appear and make available to CBI and cooperate. The police chief cannot be arrested, Supreme Court says. The top court also asked the Chief Secretary DGP and Rajeev Kumar to file reply. Supreme Court…

Supreme Court relaxed Maharashtra’s tough rules for dance bars. Now “liquor and dance can co-exist”. The Supreme Court also backed fixing the time and asking dance bars in the state to operate from 6 pm to 11.30 pm. The court struck down…

After the decision of court rejecting all the petitions in regarding Rafale. After the court ruling still there is storm of blames on current government, such centre approached the top court for a “factual correction” in a paragraph in its judgement…

Supreme Court has said that there are no irregularities in NDA government’s decision-making process to purchase 36 Rafale fighter jets from Dassault under Indo-French intergovernmental agreement Supreme Court has also said that it is not its job to get into…

Supreme Court reserved its verdict on petitions by Verma and the NGO Common Cause challenging the Centre’s decision to strip him of his powers and send him on leave in October. Insisting that the government action amounted to Verma’s transfer,…

Around 50 lakh kilogrammes of firecrackers were burst in Delhi on Diwali despite a Supreme Court directive limiting the bursting of crackers to only two hours, according to a report by a research group. That is the same amount of…

The tussle between the central bank and the government going on, amidst that, Reserve Bank of India Governor Urjit Patel has been served a show-cause notice by the Central Information Commission, the Right to Information watchdog, for “dishonouring” a Supreme…

Supreme Court on Tuesday modified its previous ruling on the bursting of firecrackers on Diwali and allowed the state government to fix the timing for doing so during big festivals. SC modified its earlier order by which bursting of firecrackers…

Supreme Court is likely to hear today a batch of petitions challenging the Allahabad High Court’s 2010 verdict by which the disputed land on the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid area in Ayodhya was divided into three parts. Appeals filed in the…

Supreme Court is expected to take a call today on whether the sale of firecrackers will be banned across the country. A bench of Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan which had reserved its verdict on August 28 is…

The Supreme Court on Friday said that it cannot direct the entire country to turn vegetarian and refused to urgently hear a petition seeking a ban on meat exports from India. “Do you want everybody in this country to be…

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on October 10 a fresh PIL seeking a direction to the Centre to file in “sealed cover” the details of the agreement India has entered into with France for buying 36 Rafale…

he Supreme Court dismissed a plea seeking full statehood for Delhi on Friday. Court mentioned it has become meaningless in view of a Constitution bench verdict of the court which categorically said the national capital cannot be accorded the status…

Chief Justice (CJI) Dipak Misra, in his farewell speech on Monday, said judicial independence will continue and judges should try to deliver justice to the litigants. Addressing a full of gathering of top lawyers, senior advocates and former judges in…

AAP on Tuesday said it will move the Supreme Court on the Rafale deal. Adressing a news conference here, AAP MP Sanjay Singh said, “On the issue of Rafale deal we are going to the Supreme Court and are sending…

The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned till August 27, a batch of petitions challenging Article 35A of the Constitution that guarantees special privileges to the state of Jammu and Kashmir. A two-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra and…

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to stay the release of Bollywood movie Fanney Khan, starring Anil Kapoor and Aishwarya Rai in the lead. The flick would be released as per schedule on August 3. Dismissing the petition filed by…

Lawyers on Monday mentioned before the Supreme Court for an urgent hearing into the matter in connection with an alleged Alwar lynching case in which a person was beaten to death. Deepali Dwivedi, one of the lawyers appearing for her…

Supreme Court adjourned the hearing for today on Bharatiya Janata Party leader, Dr Subramanian Swamy’s petition seeking a direction that the ED IO, Rajeshwar Singh, should continue the probe in connection with the Aircel Maxis case. The bench, headed by…

The Supreme Court’s new roster system will come into being, two days after Justice Jasti Chelameswar retires from the apex court. The new roster states, what type of cases each Judge would hear. The new roster will be effective from…

Taking cognizance of the Supreme Court order allowing the central government to go ahead with reservation in promotion for employees belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes category, the Centre on Friday issued a formal notification on the same….

In a landmark verdict, Kerala High Court gave permission to an 18-year-old boy and 19-year-old girl to live together. The Division Bench of the High Court, comprising Justice V Chitambaresh and Justice K P Jyothindranath gave this ruling, while rejecting…

Supreme Court on Saturday will hear a joint petition filed by the Congress and the JD (S) challenging the Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala’s decision to appoint KG Bopaiah, as the pro-tem Speaker. On Friday night, Chief Justice of India Dipak…

Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its judgment on a bunch of appeals on the constitutional validity of Aadhaar. A five judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, reserved its judgement after completion of arguments by both sides. The…

The main petitioner in the SC/ST review judgement matter on Tuesday mentioned his pleading application before the Supreme Court. A bench, headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, ruled that the matter may be listed on May 3 along…

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a suit by social activist Swami Agnivesh, seeking a direction to delete some scenes from the film ‘Padmaavat,’ on the grounds that it glorified the medieval practice of ‘jauhar’ (Sati). Led by Chief Justice…

A day after the Supreme Court dismissed a series of petitions seeking a fair probe into the death of Judge Loya, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday said India will not allow Judge Loya to be forgotten. In a post…

Supreme Court on Friday upheld the stand taken by the Central government in seizing the alleged and ill gotten properties of underworld don, Dawood Ibrahim, in parts of Mumbai. The apex court directed Government of India to seize Dawood’s properties….